A Meigs County woman is now facing her sixth round of TennCare fraud charges.

The Office of Inspector General announced the arrest of 39-year-old Elizabeth A. Lamb of Decatur. An indictment in Rhea County accuses her of fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance by doctor shopping.

The indictment alleges Lamb went to three different hospitals and received controlled substances from all three, using TennCare benefits to obtain prescriptions for hydrocodone.

Lamb’s first four arrests were all between March and July of 2015, in Meigs, Bradley, Hamilton and McMinn counties. In those cases, which were investigated at the same time, she was charged with doctor shopping for hydrocodone, oxycodone and Tylenol #3, using TennCare as payment. Lamb was then indicted in McMinn County in November 2017 when she was charged for the fifth time with fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance by doctor shopping in connection with obtaining hydrocodone.

Lamb pleaded guilty in her first five arrests. She is currently serving four years in state prison, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,800.